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Executive coach Leila Bulling-Towne gives a rundown of the three types of bad managers in this video, as well as some advice for addressing their performance. Some bad managers are clueless, some lack passion and others just don't care, she says. Thankfully, the first two can be fixed. As for the third: "He needs to be shown the door," Bulling-Towne says.

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Simple warning labels won't prevent motorists from pumping E15 gasoline into older vehicles, said Gregory M. Scott, executive vice president and general counsel of the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association. "E15 will find its way into older vehicles, small engines and boats with dire consequences for personal safety, irreversible engine damage, consumer confusion, operational problems, loss of manufacturers' reputations and warranty arguments," he said during an Environmental Protection Agency hearing in Chicago.

The City Council in Orinda, Calif., has said no to a proposed ban on leaf blowers. The council said a majority of the area's residents disagree with the restrictions and noted that the city already has a noise ordinance. Quiet Orinda, an advocacy group that pushes for regulations on leaf blowers, presented its case before the council, saying that the equipment creates noise and causes air pollution. Meanwhile, officials recommended alternatives such as installation of thicker windows to block out the noise from the device or discussion with neighbors to moderate the use of leaf blowers.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he will fight efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to impede greenhouse-gas emissions by regulation. "I now focus all my energy on stopping the EPA and what it's done to the nation," Manchin said.